For many travelers a trip overseas is only made possible through the purchase of cheap airplane tickets and discount hotel rooms or cheap vacation packages. However the trip of a lifetime can go bad quickly due to a severe illness or accident.
Such experiences can be stressful and frightening, particularly in an unfamiliar place and very expensive to deal with as well.
In preparing to travel overseas you should:
Place a card in your wallet listing all of your pre-existing medical conditions, medications, allergies and blood type. Ideally this information should be printed in the most prevalent language used at your destination.
Look into the purchase of travel insurance. Most U.S. medical insurance plans, including Medicaid and Medicare, do not cover overseas medical expenses. Medical expenses and medical evacuation, if the situation is serious enough, can easily cost over $10,000.
Before arriving at your destination write down the local emergency numbers. Such numbers are often different depending on the country being visited.
Once at your destination if you run into a medical problem ask at the front desk of your hotel where you can find an English speaking doctor. Certain travel insurance companies, including Travel Guard and World Nomads, are usually able to help with this.
If you take out travel insurance, make certain that you keep all of your receipts for any medical treatment.
If you face an outbreak of a Noroviruse on a cruise, which is a group of severe stomach bugs, follow the crews directions for travel emergency quarantines. Although cruise lines are not required to compensate ill passengers, those travelers whose itineraries are disrupted as a result of an outbreak usually receive some type of compensation from cruise companies. www.cheapfares.com